i am always nervous right before youth. i do youth twice a week every week except when i do it 3 times a week. i had the calender planed till the school year ends before we had Evan started the year. i have no less than 2 weeks to get ready for the events and there are very few surprises. i spend my weeks doing lots of connecting with teens and counseling. i have leadership in place who could run this thing with out me. i have programs that are simple, and clear. i have teens that are becoming committed to the group and we are starting to have a presence in this town. people are happy with what we are accomplishing and teens are becoming connected with ministries that showcase there gifting. i have budget. i have energy, and am building credibility. i have a plan for the future and it looks good.
i am always nervous before youth. i do youth twice a week every week except when i do it 3 times a week.

2 things, Bill Cosby was awesome.
Darrell built me a deck and it was snowing like crazy! actually it was icing.

not my words but i echo them

i was there and i felt like i swallowed 100 pounds of lead. I walked for 4 hrs in and around the dump. knee deep putrescent water and pushing major bush. terrified that we might find a key, or some lip gloss, or some bit of clothing that would show that Jennifer Catcheway and Amber McFarland was here. i am sick, i am disgusted, i am terrified and ask the question what place must the church play in all this?

This is off Nathan Weselakes blog but i echo it word for word!

"We were watching the front end loader sift through the garbage and watching so closely. I am so glad we did not find my baby in there."

- Bernice Catcheway (mother of missing girl Jennifer)

I was 5 feet away as she looked at the camera and told this story - trying to make sure the media was not ambushing her. They weren't. She was willing to talk. And what she said sits like a stone in my stomach.

Spent the day at PAC, as for the second week end in a row our facility hosted the search and rescue operations for Jennifer Catcheway and Amber McFarland.

Lots of thoughts as I watched the best in humanity try to combat the worst.

But after half an hour of sitting here trying to write something comforting or wise - I'd even settle for appropriate - nothing.

You can't write a groan but you can hope its heard.